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Cuninghame, William Alan Fairlie

Person: id 2724

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USyd

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World War IWorld War II

Family name

Cuninghame

Given name(s)

William Alan Fairlie

Initials

W.A.F.

Honorific

Sir

Gender

Male

Early education

Cuninghame, W.A.F. : All Saints' College, - 1911

Tertiary education

Cuninghame W.A.F. : Engineering.B.E., 1915, University of Sydney

Birth

Cuninghame W.A.F. : Life.Birth 31 Jan 1893 - @ Mansfield [ Vic. Australia ]

Military service

Cuninghame W.A.F. :: Lieutenant [ France ]

Military awards

Cuninghame W.A.F. : M.C. 3 Sep 1918Cuninghame W.A.F. : Mentioned in Despatches

Survived

Survived WWI

Occupations

Cuninghame W.A.F. : Teacher 1937 - 1942 @ Vaucluse [ NSW Australia ]Cuninghame W.A.F. : Engineer 1943 - 1958 @ CSIRO, National Standards Lab [ NSW Australia ]

Other events

Cuninghame W.A.F. : Life.Birth 31 Jan 1893 - @ Mansfield [ Vic. Australia ]Cuninghame W.A.F. : Military and health.Enlisted 29 Mar 1915Cuninghame W.A.F. : Relationships.Married 2 Jul 1929 - @ St Mark's Church : Darling Point [ NSW Australia ]Cuninghame W.A.F. : Specific terms.Titled 1939

Death

Cuninghame W.A.F. : Death 15 Dec 1981 @ Gordon [ NSW Australia ]

PDF of book entry

CUNINGHAME SIR WILLIAM ALAN FAIRLIE.pdf [ file_data/pdfs_from_BOR pdf 20033 ]

OCRd book entry or other narrative

Bart., M.C., B.E. : Lieutenant, 5th Pioneer Battn. and 1st Field Coy., Engineers, A.I.F., France. Enlisting 29th March, 1915, and sailing 9th September with 1st Field Coy. Engineers, transferred in Egypt to 13th Coy. and thence to 5th Pioneer Battn. 6th March, 1916. Crossing to France, served at Fleurbaix, Somme, Ypres, Passchendaele, Messines, Somme and elsewhere till demobilisation, though slightly wounded at Hargicourt, 29th September, 1918. Promoted second-lieutenant, 26th March, and lieutenant, 16th September, 1916. Awarded M.C. 3rd September, 1918, and Mentioned in Despatches. Early education at All Saints'' College, Bathurst. Later at St. Paul's.

Later at - SYDNEY UNI ONLY

St Paul's College, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia

USyd residential college

St. Paul's College, University of Sydney

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Fairlie - Cuninghame, W A.jpg [ scanned_images jpg 289195 ]

Documents

Parental occupation

Pastoralist

Internal notes

Reserve of Officers in WWIIServed in Reserve of officers WWII

Discovering Anzacs